Support for collapsible tubes



Sept. 27, 1932. c. R. KEI SER 1,879,751

SUPPORT FOR COLLAPSIBLE TUBES Filed July 15, 1931 INVENTOR CHARLES R. KEISER- JWYJMM ATTORNEYS;

r Patented Sept. 27, 1 932 UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE,

cnnnnns R. xmsnmornmr'ron; OHIO, jAssIGNoR' TO THE SERTON RUBBER COMPANY,

or nAYTom-oumn CORPORATION or OHIO Application. filed July 13,

This invention relates to improvements in means and method of supporting collapsible tubes, and has for its object to provide a support for a tube adapted to; contain. paste,

muscilage, glueand other adhesives.

It isparticularly the object of this invention to provide a cardboard support having parts struckup thereon for supportingone end of a tube for containing any of the above 10 materials. I v

It is also an object of this invention to provide, in connection" with a cardboard support, a scraper for removing dirt and foreign materials from the-surface to which the contents of the tube are to be applied, and applying this scraper to the cardboard in such a manner that it will assist in supporting the tube containing the material, preventing its lateral and vertical movement, and prevent the tubebeing crushed.

It is my object to eliminate all forms ,of glued strips and other similar means tofsupport the tube on the card. 1

These and other advantages will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawing.

Referring to the drawing: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a piece of cardboard showing themanner in which a tube of some material is supported thereon.- Figure 2 is a top plan view of the parts as shown in Figure 1.

FigureB is a bottom plan view of the parts as shown in Figure 1. I

Figure 4; is a section on they line 4l of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a side elevation similar to Figure 1, but showing protective cardboard used in connection with the scraper plate for pro- 40 tecting the end of the tube.

Figure 6 is a section on the line 66 of Figure 5. The numeral 1 is used to designate a piece of cardboard suitably shaped and formedto constitute a support fora tube of muscilage,

SUPPORT FOR 'COLLAPSIBLE TUBES I 1931.- Seria1 No. 550,348.

paste or other adhesive. This piece of cardboard is rectangular in shape, and may for convenience be termed a card, which has struckup adjacent one end a loop member 2 forming an arch-shaped slot around a tongue 3.

Near the other end of the card is a loop 1 formed by two transverse slits5 and 6, the slit 5 being longer than the slit 6. The purpose of these two slits is to form slots through which a scraper int-he shape of a disc may extend for supportingone end of a tube'7. On the upper end of this tube, as shown in Figure 1, is a neck 8 adapted to receive a cap or closure 9 for concealing the contents of the tube. The'end of the tube away from the neck is closedby means of a loop 10, such as is usually found in connec tion with tubes of cream and the like. The scraper plate or disc, which is circular in shape, is indicated by the nun era'l ll and extends through the slits 5 and .6, as shown in Figure 1, for supporting the lower-end of the tube. V v I The part 11 of'the disc extending through the slitsand supported betweenthe body of the card and the part 4 is slightly more than one-halfof thescraper. Theupper or smaller part of the'scraper or disc is bentat' right angles to the lower or larger part, as indicated by the numeral 12, andconstitutes a support for one end of the tube. Extending through the part 12 is a slot 13, whichreceives the part 10 of the tube for holding the tube in place on the card. I 7 Whenever it is desired to place the tube on the card the loopedlower end is V placed through the slot 13 and the loop 2 is placed over the neckof .thetube and fastened thereto by means of the cap or closure 9. aIfnecessary the cap may be removed in. order to properly place and locate the loop 2. Thereafter the cap is replaced so that the upper end of the tube is securely held by means of the Y protector is made of cardboard and is of the same size and shape as the part 12 ofthe scraper and has a slot therein in alignment with the slot 18 through which the looped end of the tube passes, as clearly shown in Figure 1. However, the protector not shown in this figure.

While the present card shows only one tube, a plurality of tubes may be arrangedon. each card and so arranged that the card'slmay,

be packed one upon the other with'the scrapers on one card at one end of-;the tubes: and the scrapers on the other card at the other end-of the tubes. 12 hold thecards in spaced relation so that the tubes cannot be easily crushed or mashed; In packing the tubes may be arranged in staggered relation to each other 'so that the least possible space will be occupied-by the cards thus assembled.

I desire to comprehend Within my invention such modifications as may-be embraced within my claims and the scope of my invention. V r

Having-thus fully described-my invention, what Lolaim as new and desireto-secure by 1 Letters Patent, is

1. A paste tube support consisting of a piece of cardboard having a loop out therefrom to engage the neck of the tube and slits spaced from the loop, and an insertin the slits in the cardboard having a right-angularly extending part to support the closed endof the tube. V

2; A. paste tube support consisting of a piece ofcardboard having a loop out therefrom to engage the neck of the-tube,- and an insert inthe cardboard to support theclosed end of the tube, said insert consisting of an outwardly projecting member having a slot' therein to receive a loopon theclosed end of the tube. v

3. A paste tube support consistingof a piece ofcardboard having an, integral. loop member extending from one end thereof to engage the mouth end of thetube, and a slotted projection from the other end to support the closed end of the tube, a part of said tube projecting within said slot. e r

4. In a support for paste tubes, 21. piece of cardboard having a loop member out therefrom to engage one end of the tube, and a scraper member supported by the cardboard and having a part extending therefrom, said extending part having a slot therein to receive a part of the other end of-thetube.

5. In a support for a pastetube having'a neck end closure atone end and a crimped part at the other end, aboard member having a loopcut therefrom to fit around the neck, 7

By this; means the? parts said board member having slits therein, and a scraper having a portion inserted into said slits and another portion bent away from the board and having a slot therein to receive the crimped part of the tube.

6. In a support for a paste tube having a neck at one end and a crimped part at the other end, a piece of sheet material having a loop member cut up therefrom to engage said neck, said piece of sheet material having slits therein, anda circular scraper; in said slits, a portion of said scraper being bent awayfrom the other portion to form a tube support,said bent-away portion having aslot therein to receive the crimped part' of" the tube. ,7.i In a support for a paste tube having a neck at one end and a crimped part at the .otheri end,- az piece of sheet material having a loop member cut up therefrom to engage the neck, anda slotted'bench-like'projection from said piece offlsheetrniaterial to support the crimped end of the tube withthe crimped part in the slot; V 7 I 8. In a supportfor a'paste'tub-ehavinga neck at one-end and a crimped pazrt at the other end, apiece 'ofcardboard'havingmeans integraltherewith' to engage said neck; and a metal scraper attached to the cardboard and extending therefrom to support the crimped end of the tube, said scraper havinga slot therein to receive the-crimped part ofthe tube. "f

9. In a support for-paste tubes, a'cardboard having integralmeans to engage one end of each" tube, and a-metaihdisc foreach integral means attached along one" portion "thereof? to the cardboard and ha-ving another outwardly extending" portion to support the other end of a tube, said outwardly-extending portion having a slot to receive apart; of the' tube end.

- 10.-A-support for" paste tubes consisting of a card having integral'loops to hold o'ne 'end'of the tubes, aremovable metalscra er member for each -loop mountedon the car to support the other ends of the tubes, and a protector betweene'ach tube and its scraper member.

11'. 'A support for paste tubes consistingof' a cardhaving integral-loops to hold one end of the tubes, a removable metal scraper of a card having ian integralloop cut-there from to holdone end of a tube, a removable metal disc-shaped'scraper cooperating with the loop mounted on the card to support-the other end'of the tube," and a 'protector between the tube and. its scraper, the scraper and its protector having a slot therein to receive a part of the tub 7 P P r pastetubes' consistin'g of E.

a card having an integral loop cut therefrom to hold one end of a tube, a, removable metal disc-shaped scraper cooperating with the loop mounted on thecard to support the other end of the tube, and a cardboard protector between the tube and its scraper, the scraper and its protector having a slot therein to receive a part of the tube.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

CHARLES R. KEISER. 

